By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The talent-laden Eagle Pass High School Eagles edged the Harlingen South High School Hawks 3-1 in Game One of their best of three Area Baseball Championship on Friday, May 9, 2014, at the San Antonio Independent School District Spring…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles dropped Game One of their best of three Regional Softball Quarterfinals Championship series against the potent Edinburg North High School Lady Cougars 8-6 on Friday, May 9, 2014, in a nail…

How much more water will Texas really need by 2060? The 2012 state water plan — the state’s strategy for meeting water needs — estimated that Texas would face a shortfall of 2.7 trillion gallons of water a year by 2060, and that filling the gap would take an estimated $53…

McALLEN, Texas – A campaign worker pleaded guilty today for paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Diana Balderas Castaneda, 48, of Donna, pleaded guilty…

By: Jeff Spross, ThinkProgress Stanford University announced Tuesday it would divest from the coal industry, making it the first major university to do so. The university’s internal guidelines allow the Board of Trustees to consider whether the “policies or practices” of companies they invest in “create substantial social injury.” Following…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value topping $1.8 million in recent weeks. On April 11, agents from the Eagle Pass Station received a citizen call-in of possible narcotics stashed in the brush near…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass High School Eagles Baseball Head Coach Reynol Mendoza advised the Eagle Pass Business Journal that today’s , Friday, May 9, 2014, Area Championship playoff game against the Harlingen South High School Hawks at 7 P.M. at the…

Human Remains found on Maverick County Ranch Sheriff’s deputies made contact with patrol agents by La Mesa Ranch on Highway 277 East Wednesday afternoon, just past 1:15 PM. Agents advised deputies that ranchers were in the midst of gathering cattle when they found what appeared to be human remains. Agents…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors unanimously selected MCHD Chief Financial Officer Terri Contreras as the new Chief Executive Officer of the local hospital district at a special board meeting held on Wednesday, May 7, 2014,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014 The Maverick County Commissioners Court held their monthly regular meeting on Monday, May 5, 2014, at the Commissioners Courtroom at the Maverick County Courthouse located at 500 Quarry Street in Eagle Pass, Texas. Among the items on the Agenda was the approval to authorize…